Cultivator attachment



July 2a, 1925. 1,547,433

W. F. MEYER CULTI VATOR ATTACHMENT Filed July 5, 1924 HZi-i" [If v PermJuly 28,1925 1,547,432

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. MEYER, OF NEW RICHMOND, WISCONSIN.

CULTIVATOR ATTACHJVIENT.

Application filed July 5, 1924. Serial No. 724,191.

To all whomz't may concern: arm united at 21. Each arm is divided Be itknown that 1, WILLIAM F. MEYER, a longitudinally into two members havingcitizen of the United States, residing at New meeting vertical grooves22 forming holes in Richmond, in the county of St. Croix and whichvertically arranged heavy wire teeth 6 State of Wisconsin, have inventedcertain 23 are clamped when the members are pulled new and usefulImprovements in Cultivator toward each other by bolts 18 and 24:, aslight Attachments, of which the following is a clearance being leftbetween the members.

specification. The rear teeth 23 are so arranged as to My inventionrelates to cultivator at-tachmove in lines parallel to and between the10 ments, and the object is to provide a cultilines of motion of thefront teeth 23.

vator with means for removing the weeds In the operation of thecultivator and my usually left standing between the plants attachmentthe teeth 23 may be adjusted verwhen an ordinary cultivator operatesonly tically in the V-shaped frame by loosening on the plain surfacesnear each side of a row some of the bolts 2 1 and tightening them ofplants. A further object is to make said again after adjusting the teethto the demeans attachable to regular cultivator and sired depth in thesoil relative to the cultiadjustable both longitudinally, laterally andvator teeth. And as already stated the atvertically. tachment may beadjusted back and forth In the accompanying drawing: bodily or one sideof it by placing the de- Fig. 1 is a top or plan view of a cultivatorsired h'ole lt, 141E and 14 on the adjacent provided with my attachment.bolt 12 Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1. As the cultivator is drawnforward the Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the attachment. teeth 23 and23 move close to and often Fig. 1 is an enlargement of the portion Rbetween the stands of corn or other plants 35 of Fig. 1 showing moreclearly the construcand clears away the weeds left by the cultition ofthe attachment. vator teeth 10 which are too stiff and cutting Fig. 5 isa side View of either one of the to come in contact with the stands andare arms 1313 in Fig. 1. therefore spaced beyond them.

Referring to the drawing by reference If a tooth of the attachmentshould hit the axle and 7 the rear portion of the frame of enough topass over it or sidewise past it,

a cultivator having two diverging rear bars but stiff enough to uprootchickenweed and 8 to which the vertical shanks 9 of cultivator otherweeds of various kinds so apt to grow teeth 10 are secured by clamps 11and bolts between the stands or hills. At the time of 12, 12 and 12.cultivating of the planted crops the stands My attachment is providedwith two parare usually large and strong enough to suffer allel flatbars 18, 13 each having at its front no damage from the teeth of theattachment,

end a row of holes 1 1, 14, 14 (see Fig. 5) if it happens that any ofthem come in coneither one of which holes may be pivotally tacttherewith.

49 occupied by a bolt 12 retained by nut 17 or What I claim is:

other means so as to adjust the attachment In a cultivator, thecombination of a front forwardly and rearwardly, and also if so framecomprising spaced beams provided required, hold it towa d either s de ofa cenwith cutivator teeth, and arear frame of V- tral row of plants 15.shaped form, inwardly spaced from said 45 Each bar 13 and 13 is normallysupported beams, a rod connected to each end of one on an L-shapedbracket 16 secured on the side of said V-frame, said rods being conbolts12". Said bars are different lengths nected to said beams, and resilientwire teeth and have their rear ends bolted at 18 to the extendingdownward from the V-frame. frame of the attachment. Said frame is of Intestimony whereof I afiix my signature.

59 V-shape making a front arm 19 and a rear WILLIAM F. MEYER.

numerals, 5 designates the ground wheels, 6 a rock or other obstructionit is resilient 80

